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Elderly man dies after his car hits pole in Fermoy

The crash happened shortly after 2pm this afternoon.

A MAN IN his 70s has died after the car he was driving struck a pole in Cork.

The crash happened at about 2.10pm this afternoon at Mill Road in Fermoy.

Gardaí say that the man was fatally injured in the crash and was the sole occupant of the car.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to the mortuary at Cork University Hospital.

Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information about the crash to contact Fermoy Garda Station on 025-82100 or any garda station.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 1:37 PM

    Love ordering stuff from China, though their quality control leaves a bit to be desired.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 2:43 PM

    @Matty Killucan: The inlet cowl is made by Bombardier, probably in Belfast.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 3:05 PM

    @Crocodylus Pontifex: First the Titanic and now this. Thanks Belfast

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    Jun 12th 2017, 4:58 PM

    The engines are certainly RR but the inlet cowl/acoustic panels are made by Bombardier. From the pictures it was the cowl that failed, forward of the LPT fan (where the RR engine would start).

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    Jun 12th 2017, 9:07 PM

    @Crocodylus Pontifex: Everyone in this thread must be great fun at parties, hahaha

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    Jun 13th 2017, 7:37 AM

    @Christopher Treacy: Fan blades look intact. This isn’t the 1st one to fail either, there was an incident in Egypt a few weeks back also on a Trent powered A330

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    Jun 12th 2017, 1:57 PM

    Bit of binder twine… be grand…

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    Jun 12th 2017, 2:25 PM

    Just like the bonnet flying off your car when you are ripping down the M50.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 1:39 PM

    Doesn’t look to bad to me , fusspots.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 1:59 PM

    @Dave Hogan:

    You’d sing a different tune if you were 30,000 feet up and this happened.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 1:57 PM
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    Jun 12th 2017, 2:44 PM

    @cortisola: that’s not duck tape, it’s aluminium high speed tape, and it’s widely used within the aviation industry.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 3:29 PM

    Casing? Never heard it called that. A cowling or engine cover. Maybe they were thinking of sausage!

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    Jun 12th 2017, 7:38 PM

    Good response to the engine emergency by the pilots and flight crew.

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    Jun 12th 2017, 1:37 PM

    Engine F**ked!

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    Jun 13th 2017, 8:10 AM

    Holy Moly.

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